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Myanmar junta restations northeastern command HQ after loss in Lashio
After the Kokang army’s capture of its Northeastern Regional Military Command (RMC) headquarters in the northern Shan State capital, the military has relocated the command some 40 miles to the southeast
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Myanmar airstrikes on border hospital near China kill 10
The latest attack on Laukkai came as the Kokang army, the group in control of the city, moved closer to completing its takeover of Lashio, the region’s largest city
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Lashio residents killed in Myanmar junta airstrikes after Kokang fighters’ takeover
A monk and five displaced people were among at least seven fatalities in Lashio as clashes continued and the junta carried out bombing raids in a city now controlled by the MNDAA and its ally, the United Wa State Army
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More than 300 Myanmar army troops surrender to Kokang fighters in northern Shan State capital
A video and written statement posted online by the anti-junta Kokang group MNDAA claimed the soldiers had expressed a desire to join their alliance in fighting the coup army under coup leader Min Aung Hlaing’s command
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Civilian death toll rises amid escalating clashes in northern Shan State capital
Locals claimed barrages of shells killed more than a dozen people in Lashio Township on Wednesday and Thursday after the Kokang Army, a Brotherhood Alliance member, reportedly initiated attacks on military outposts